A slide would be a refreshing change of pace. The trick with the game -with the Prisoner's Dilemma is that you win against the authorities. If you were gonna make say, a union, you'd game against the employer to get best advantage for all workers. If you were gonna game against the cops you'd never turn rat and neither would your accomplices.

But what if the other worker or the other criminal could get you to roll over for them. If they could get the 10 and you could get the 1? My understanding of the American polity at this moment is this: The Parties, the politicians, the whole leadership has persuaded almost everyone to roll over for them by exploiting emotional wedge issues. As it is, the oligarchical control is a noose around the neck of the country - but it's one that the majority of people put on themselves.